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David Obey: “Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would note that I have no objection to this arrangement with the…”

On the recordJune 12, 2000
Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would note that I have no objection to this arrangement with the understanding that when the House returns to this bill it will not be at a time when Members are still flying back to Washington on their airplanes and that it will not be debated in the dead of night. We were then assured today that we would be out of here on this bill at least by 9:00 tonight. Now I am told something else and if that is the case, then as the gentleman knows, this unanimous consent request was offered because we had 160 amendments to the bill. If we are not going to stick to the agreement we had, we are going to offer all 160 amendments.
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David Obey
Wisconsin
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Discussing the agreement on time limits for amendments during House debate.

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